Loganlea Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loganlea Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 132664
Site Number NS96SE 20
NGR NS 9768 6192
NGR Description centred
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council West Lothian
- Parish West Calder
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
NS96SE 20 9768 6192.
LOGANLEA Colliery
Location: West Calder
Previous Owners: United Collieries Limited
Types of Coal: Gas, House and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: c.1890
Year Closed: 1959
Average Workforce: 510
Peak Workforce: 675
Peak Year: 1948
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, No. 2 104m (downcast with forcing fan) and No. 3 102m deep (upcast at Foulshiels).
Details in 1948: Output 620 tons per day, 155,000 tons per annum, longwall working. 675 employees. 3 screens. Jig and feldspar washer (Dickson and Mann, installed 1912). Baths (1930), canteen (packed meals), and first-aid room. All electricity generated at mine. Report dated 30-07-1948.
Other Details: New power station built in 1891, resulting in an early example of the introduction of electric haulage, coal cutting and lighting underground in Scotland. Fans at Loganlea forced air into the mine (known as a 'forcing fan' in Scotland and a 'blowing fan' in England and Wales), the upcast shafts being at Foulshiels and Woodmuir (NS96SE 10)nearby.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
